Stove-polish.



' Ina e from lye and tallow.

DAMASE H. TETRAULT, OF ROUSES POINT, NEW YORK.

STOVE-POLISH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, i968.

Application filed. October 25, 1907. Serial No. 399,196.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAMASE H. TETRAULT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rouses Point, in the county of Clinton and State -of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove-'Polish; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact descr ption of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to stove polishes.

It has for its object to produce an improved polis'h for stoves, steamboilers and the like which will protect them from rust and retain itsluster for a long time.

The invention consists of the compound of substances and method ofpreparing and mixing them hereinafter described and specified in theclaims.

.The ingredients used to make my stovepolish are graphite, lard, soapand resin.

first take about one pound of finely ground graphite, one and one halfounces of common soap and boil them with two quarts of water. Then onequarter of an ounce of resin and an equal part of lard are meltedtogether and when the first mixture boils the two are poured togetherand the boiling continued until the compound becomes as thick as cream.When set it is read for use. The soa used is preferably a ousehold soap7 Care should be taken not to mix the resin and lard with the Watersolution until the latter boils. The proportions of the ingredients maybe stated as one part each of lard and resin, six parts of soap andsixty-four parts of graphite, the

proportions being determined by weight.

It should be understood that I do not restrict myself to the exactproportions s ecified herein as they may be varied wit out. departingfrom my mvention or sacrificing the advantages thereof.

This polish will protect iron or steel from rust or moisture as the lardand resin therein are both waterproof substances. A stove or steamboiler that has been polished with this preparation will retain itsluste" for a long time even if they are heated 110%: red heat.

7 I claim:

1. A stove polishconsisting of graphite, soap, lard and resin.

, -2. A stove polish consisting of a proximately sixty-four parts byweight of Tgraphite, six parts of soap and one part each of lard andresin.

3. The method of' reparin stove olish which consists in boiling graphitean soap in water, melting lard and resin together and boiling thismixture with the first one until

